James Sayers etchings, 1782-1808
146 Portraits in set
In 1905, the National Portrait Gallery purchased a collection of prints by James Sayers (1748-1823). The disbound prints, arranged in loose chronological order, were selected in 1818 by Sayers himself as a gift for his friend Robert Appleyard. The collection includes Sayers's letter to Appleyard explaining that he had 'selected a very good set of impressions'. Many of the prints are annotated and identified to afford 'some Explanation of the Characters, which every year renders more necessary'. The collection includes Sayers's best known print Carlo Khan's Triumphal Entry into Leadenhall Street (1783), and also his set of eight satirical prints likening members of Fox's Opposition to French republicans.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan ('A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane')
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 14 January 1780
NPG D9542
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 6 April 1782
NPG D9008
'Date obolum Belisario' (Isaac Barré; William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (Lord Shelburne))
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 24 August 1782
NPG D9553
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 17 July 1782
NPG D9562
Sir Francis Molineux; Robert Quarme
by James Sayers
etching, published 17 June 1782
NPG D9566
Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 6 April 1782
NPG D9592
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 17 June 1782
NPG D9620
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 17 June 1782
NPG D9622
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 4 June 1782
NPG D9638
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 17 June 1782
NPG D9661
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 6 April 1782
NPG D9665
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 3 July 1782
NPG D9675
Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 14 May 1782
NPG D9728
Charles James Fox ('Vox populi')
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 6 April 1782
NPG D9742
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 6 April 1782
NPG D9758
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 14 May 1782
NPG D9769
Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 17 June 1782
NPG D9771
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 14 May 1782
NPG D9780
William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (Lord Shelburne)
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 14 May 1782
NPG D9822